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Our First BOO-Nanza Double Feature: The Monster and... a Monster?

Tonight on MeTV , we kick off our Gigantic January with the English-language version of the famed Toho Studios film that started the reign of the most famous Japanese kaiju ( giant monster) in motion picture history ! Raymond Burr guides us through the origin of "Godzilla- King of the Monsters"!

This 1956 film begins with reporter Steve Martin ( and, yes, it is ironic that the character is named Steve Martin, long before we all became aware of the banjo-playing comedian ) -in the person of Raymond Burr- in serious condition, being brought to an over-crowded hospital loaded with other victims of a horrible catastrophe. We learn what has happened, as we flashback to M...

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